1834 - Thomas Davenport of Vermont developed the first real electric motor ('real' meaning powerful enough to do a task) although Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday created early motion devices using electromagnetic fields.
Below is a more detailed usage of operating systems according to age group: 18 to 34 years old. Of all the smartphone users, 50% use Android as operating system, 43% use iPhone, 39% use Microsoft and 38% use RIM. Apparently, more users prefer Android.
How old is Windows operating system? Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in Graphical User Interface. Micrâ¦osoft's breakthrough and Windows as we know it today arrived in 1995.